incurs

Definition of incursnext
present tense third-person singular of incur

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • OpenClaw’s nascent success exemplifies how China’s official embrace of advanced technology can translate into grassroots enthusiasm as Beijing pursues domestic growth and an ambitious global agenda.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
  • While everyone in the Backwoodz Studioz orbit is unorthodox in some way, ELUCID actively pursues the avant-garde.
    Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The mayor has since demoted Brewer from board chair and seeks to remove him as operating chairman as well, but the soonest Johnson can wield the supermajority likely required to fire Pettigrew for cause would be this summer.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The final count will not be known until next year, underscoring the vast scale of an exercise that seeks to capture the contours of one of the world’s most diverse and complex societies.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • California law places the responsibility for sidewalks on the adjacent property owner, but Davis typically accepts responsibility for all repairs and replacements.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Orbán's conduct has prompted a reexamination of how the EU accepts new members and monitors current ones.
    SAM McNEIL, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Animal Control contracts an outside vendor, PetData, to handle licensing on its behalf.
    Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The 920-page Project 2025 also calls for privatizing TSA screening by expanding the Screening Partnership Program to all airports or by shifting screening operations to a new government corporation that contracts with private companies.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Joy Randolph catches the camera with a side-eye at the Beef season 2 premiere in Los Angeles on April 8.
    Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The nurse who catches the wrong transcription.
    Maria Noel Fernandez, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Ruthanne Rozenek Los Angeles The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • No incumbent or party organization favorite welcomes a primary.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Morgan Wallen neither embraces nor denounces MAGA, achieving a similar political slipperiness.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The industry now embraces extremes of artistic ambition and extremes of commercial synthetics that wouldn’t have found their way to the public decades earlier.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Incurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurs. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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